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Tom Alexander has an opportunity to purchase any of the investments shown in the following. The purchase price, the amount of the single cash inflow, and is year of receipt are given for each investment. Which purchase recommendations would you make, assuming that Tom can earn 10% on his investment. Investment A: today price—$18000, single cash inflow— $30000, year of receipt —5 Investment B: today price—$600, single cash inflow— $3000, year of receipt —20 Investment C: today price—$3500, single cash inflow— $10000, year of receipt —10 Investment D: today price—$1000, single cash inflow— $15000, year of receipt —40
A. Investment C and D
B. Investment B and C
C. Investment A and B
D. Investment A and C
Investment-A | ||||||
Cash inflow | 30000 | |||||
Multiply: PVF at 10% for 5th year | 0.620921 | |||||
Present value of inflow | 18627.63 | |||||
Less: Investment | -18000 | |||||
NPV | 627.63 | |||||
Investment-B: | ||||||
Cash inflow | 3000 | |||||
Multiply: PVF at 10% for 20th year | 0.148644 | |||||
Present value of inflow | 445.932 | |||||
Less: Investment | -600 | |||||
NPV | -154.068 | |||||
Investmentt-C | ||||||
Cash inflow | 10000 | |||||
Multiply: PVF at 10% for 10th year | 0.385543 | |||||
Present value of inflow | 3855.43 | |||||
Less: Investment | -3500 | |||||
NPV | 355.43 | |||||
InvestmentD | ||||||
Cash inflow | 15000 | |||||
Multiply: PVF at 10% for 40th year | 0.022095 | |||||
Present value of inflow | 331.425 | |||||
Less: Investment | -1000 | |||||
NPV | -668.575 | |||||
Thus, Only Investments A and C are getting returns at 10% | ||||||
Answer is D. Investment A and C | ||||||